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Medicine
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

The Doctors Trying to Redefine Death

Definitions of death have expanded from cardiac death to brain death and now may include irreversibly comatose patients on life support.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

A baby born to a brain dead mother: this is the horror of abortion bans | Moira Donegan

Adriana Smith's body was maintained on life support for months after her brain death due to her pregnancy, raising ethical and legal concerns.
Parenting
fromThe Atlantic
3 months ago

An Extraordinary Compromise of Medical Ethics

The case of Adriana Smith raises alarming ethical questions about the treatment of brain-dead patients in light of Georgia's LIFE Act.
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fromJezebel
3 months ago
Parenting

Georgia Takes Brain-Dead Woman Off Life Support After Using Her Corpse as Incubator

fromJezebel
3 months ago
Parenting

Georgia Takes Brain-Dead Woman Off Life Support After Using Her Corpse as Incubator

Women
fromScary Mommy
4 months ago

Georgia Woman Being Kept Alive To Maintain Pregnancy, Family Was Not Given A Choice

Adriana Smith's tragic case highlights the intersection of brain death, pregnancy, and restrictive abortion laws that disregard family choice.
Atlanta Braves
fromABC7 Chicago
4 months ago

Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban

Georgia's abortion ban impacts medical decisions, as a brain-dead woman remains on life support to protect her unborn child.
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fromBoston.com
3 months ago

Baby delivered from brain-dead woman on life support in Georgia

"He's expected to be okay. He's just fighting. We just want prayers for him." - April Newkirk on baby Chance.
US news
Parenting
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Baby of brain-dead Georgia woman on life support delivered via C-section

Adriana Smith, declared brain-dead, was kept on life support until her baby was born, raising ethical concerns about reproductive rights.
Atlanta Falcons
fromwww.bostonherald.com
3 months ago

Baby delivered from brain-dead woman on life support in Georgia

A woman declared brain dead gave birth via an emergency cesarean section, sparking discussions on medical ethics and state law regarding life support.
Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Dear America: women's bodies are not state property | Tayo Bero

Georgia law on abortion complicates medical ethics in cases of brain death, exemplified by the tragic situation of Adriana Smith.
fromwww.npr.org
4 months ago

A brain-dead woman's pregnancy raises questions about Georgia's abortion law

"Let me be plain: this is a grotesque distortion of medical ethics and human decency. That any law in Georgia could be interpreted to require a brain-dead woman's body to be artificially maintained as a fetal incubator is not only medically unsound, it is inhumane."
Atlanta Braves
Parenting
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Fetus of brain dead Georgia woman kept alive due to abortion ban is growing, says family

Georgia's law on fetal personhood results in a brain-dead woman being kept on life support to carry her pregnancy.
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US news
fromThe Washington Post
4 months ago

Brain-dead pregnant woman's case spurs questions about medical consent

Legal and ethical issues arise when caring for a brain-dead woman who is pregnant after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
fromenglish.elpais.com
5 months ago
OMG science

Using brain-dead people for medical experiments: The new debate at the frontier of bioethics

Using brain-dead bodies for medical experiments could significantly advance research into lethal diseases.
US news
fromThe Washington Post
4 months ago

Brain-dead pregnant woman's case spurs questions about medical consent

Legal and ethical issues arise when caring for a brain-dead woman who is pregnant after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
OMG science
fromenglish.elpais.com
5 months ago

Using brain-dead people for medical experiments: The new debate at the frontier of bioethics

Using brain-dead bodies for medical experiments could significantly advance research into lethal diseases.
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